Most Important Albums in Metal History

christangrant
The albums themselves don't have to be metal but more about the influence they had on the history of metal.

The Contenders: Page 2

21Morbid Tales - Celtic Frost

1984 - one of the pioneers of black metal and thrash metal. - Metal_Treasure

22Scream Bloody Gore - Death

One of the first death metal albums to exist.

23Among the Living - Anthrax

I AM SICK OF ANTHRAX BEING SO LOW ON EVERY LIST! THAT'S IT! I AM QUITTING THETOPTENS - DoroExploro13

24Ride the Lightning - Metallica

25Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest

26Overkill - Motorhead

27Rust in Peace - Megadeth

Classic!

28Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne

29Show No Mercy - Slayer

30Spreading the Disease - Anthrax

The first album with the classic Anthrax lineup of Joey Belladonna, Scott Ian, Danny Spitz, Frank Bello and Charlie Benante!

31Powerslave - Iron Maiden

32Symbolic - Death

33Balls to the Wall - Accept

The album that made Accept famous!

34Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth

The album that made Megadeth famous!

35Bathory - Bathory

1984 - one of the pioneers of black metal and speed metal. - Metal_Treasure

36De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - Mayhem

37Brave New World - Iron Maiden

This is when Bruce Dickinson came back to Iron Maiden - christangrant

38St. Anger - Metallica

While this album is bad it was important because this album was when Metallica was at their lowest point and at least it was finished because if it wasn't Metallica wouldn't be a band anymore - christangrant

39Death Magentic - Metallica

This album proved that Metallica could go back to the Thrash Metal they were known for - christangrant